Porgy chords by Duke Ellington, Ethel waters
Verse 1
C
D
G
Baug
G
There ain't no
Bb
man in Charleston,
D
C
a stranger to Big Crown's best.
Catfish Row is closed now
Abdim
D
to the sight of this
G
C
G
old red dress.
Em
Baug
Ebdim
But there is one they call Porgy,
Em
and it seems like that man understood.
G
C
Ddim
Got his trust in me, Lord,
D
G
and I'm just gonna stick for good.
C
I'se got a man now,
I'se got Porgy,
Dm
Bb
G
I understand now, since I'se got Porgy,
Em
I'm through with
Am
Dm
My ways and his ways
G
D
Abdim
G
is my ways forevermore.
C
Lord, just to feel his arms about me,
Dm
Bb
G
knowing he can't get on without me,
Em
Am
Dm
I want to beg for a chance
G
C
just to camp by his door.
Baug
A
Of course, he ain't much
D
more to look and see,
G
C
lazy and no count as he can be,
F
D
but he's got that good kind
G
of love for me.
C
Fm
That's why I'm changing my style
C
in this old way of living,
Dm
Bb
glad I've stopped taking
G
and started giving.
C
D
Dm
G
C
Oh, I'se got a man, I'se got Porgy now.
G
C
For him to hold me in his
Ebdim
arms
Dm
Bb
G
Em
and whisper, I loves you.
C
Em
To have him near me, just
Ebdim
G
to cheer me,
how could I get blue?
C
F
Deep in my heart, oh, I get such a thrill
C
D
We'll never part,
G
Dm
G
that I'm sure we never will
C
Em
Ebdim
Dm
G
Cause love, true love will find a way
C
Never fear, there'll come a day
F
Dm
Maybe, my dear, so I'll wait,
D
F
trust fate,
C
A
that we'll be happy some day
Dm
G
C
on just that precious little thing called love.
G
C
Fm
And that's why I'm changing my style
C
an d this old way of living,
Dm
Bb
G
glad I've stopped taken an
d started giving.
Em
Am
A
Dm
G
C
Oh, I'se got a man. I'se got Mor gana.
Porgy
Duke Ellington, Ethel Waters
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